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Legal updates from the Public Agency Training Council's Legal Liability Risk Management Institute for law enforcement and jail officers.
ALABAMA WEIGHS IN ON ANONYMOUS TIPS AND REASONABLE SUSPICION
TERRY STOPS, FRISKS, AND DUFFEL BAGS
CAMPERS, CURTILAGE AND THE FOURTH AMENDMENT
SUBTERFUGE AND THE FOURTH AMENDMENT
STATEMENTS TAKEN DURING
ON-GOING EMERGENCY ARE ADMISSIBLE AT TRIAL
GEORGIA COURT UPHOLDS WARRANTLESS SEIZURE OF COMPUTERS FROM RESIDENCE
OBTAINING HISTORICAL
CELLULAR TOWER DATA
COURT SUPPRESSES EVIDENCE FOUND DURING CARETAKING SEARCH OF CELL PHONE
THE 4TH AMENDMENT AND MOTEL ROOMS
U.S. SUPREME COURT
CLARIFIES DESTRUCTION OF EVIDENCE EXIGENCY
SUPREME COURT VACATES WARRANT REQUIREMENT FOR CHILD INTERVIEWS
FLEEING FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT IN A VEHICLE IS A VIOLENT CRIME
WHEN DOES A CONSTITUTIONAL SEIZURE OF A PERSON OCCUR?
SOCIAL NETWORK BULLYING & CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES REGARDING SCHOOL DISCIPLINE Part 1: First Amendment Issues
SOCIAL NETWORK BULLYING & CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES REGARDING SCHOOL DISCIPLINE Part 2: Fourteenth Amendment Issues
OFFICERS BEING RECORDED BY CITIZENS WHILE WORKING
WHEN AN OFFICER MISTAKES FIREARM FOR TASER®
DOES PUBLIC FIREARMS POSSESSION JUSTIFY A TERRY STOP?
PUBLIC SCHOOL LOCKER SEARCH AND REASONABLE EXPECTATION OF PRIVACY
Click on the links below for jail legal updates.
A Foreseeable Suicide May Create Liability
Pre-Trial Detainees, Excessive Force
and the 14th Amendment
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Upholds the Blanket Strip Search Policy of San Francisco County
Strip Searches for Institutional Security in a Jail or Lock-up Setting
4th Circuit: Strip Searches in Jails / Detention Centers
9th Circuit: Dental Care in Jail / Detention Center
9th Circuit: Jail (Officer) Failure to Follow Doctor’s Orders
9th Circuit: Strip Search and Self Surrender
Classification of Arrestees Upon Entry Into a Jail